Josef Pöttinger (16 April 1903 – 9 September 1970) was a German football player.

His opponents' difficulties to stop him often resulted in brutal fouls, which led to constant injuries for Pöttinger and eventually to an early end of his career.

When Bayern Munich won the southgerman championship 1925–26 he had scored 57 times during the season.

1928 was the year of his greatest success with the club, when they reached the semifinals of the German championship.

[3] His first game for the Germany national team was on 18 April 1926 in Düsseldorf against the Netherlands.